This is the first BWY Module to be delivered
part-online, part-live. It provides a powerful base from which to understand
how to guide athletes through a sports-specific yoga practice in helping to
prevent injury and enhancing athletic performance. You will enhance your teaching, cueing and innovative sequencing
skills to keep athletes coming back for more.You will learn how to effectively, skillfully and successfully apply
sports-specific yoga to athletes. You will deepen your working knowledge of
anatomy, biomechanics, neuroscience and understand how to apply yoga with
consideration to the physical and psychological demands of sport.

This training consists of:

Online
trainingStudents explore the course syllabus online in advance of the live
training. This includes contact with the YSS tutors and a chance to get to
know your peers before the live event.

2-day
live training Students receive direct hands-on
experience from Hayley Winter, founder of The Institute of Yoga Sports
Science® and members of the YSS team. You will reinforce your learning on the Course and
demonstrate an initial understanding of the YSS approach by preparing and
planning a Micro-Sequence based on your own specific athletic or
performance needs. On day 2 you will present your sequence plan to your
peers and tutors.

By the end of the training you will:

● Learn how yoga
can be used to enhance athletic performance and help prevent injury.

● Understand the
Science of Sequencing 101 to help you design a training plan for your own
athletic needs.

● Develop a
deeper understanding of muscle function in relation to work, power, generation
of forces and sport specific movements.

● Develop a
practical working knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, and neuroscience through
the application of functional yoga.

● Learn the
Science of Breathing 101 and the types of breathing strategies required by
athletes for respiratory strength.

● Learn about the
modern day science of yoga and how to apply the benefits to your sport or
training.

● Learn how our
sports-specific yoga techniques and scientific approach can help manage pain
and reduce injury in the sport of your choice.

● Learn the art and
science of teaching yoga to athletes.

Bookings for this course
are open but limited.

A £150 discount is available for BWY Members when booking this course before 31st August 2018!